Hey friends and welcome to the Happy Hour with Jamie Ivey Podcast. I'm your host Jamie and I'm so excited that you're here.

Each week I invite a girlfriend to join me on the show and we chat about the big things in life, the little things in life and everything in between.

Today you're listening to episode number 62 and my guest is Janet Reeves.

Janet is a mom to four and a wife to Jesse. They live in Austin, Texas where she volunteers with her church, her kids school and with her dean ministries and she's also a dear friend of mine.

Today Janet and I talk about parenting kids in different stages of life. How to help kids deal with rejection?

Life with the spouse who has gone a lot and traveling with your kids to different countries.

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Now here is my conversation with Janet.

Hey Janet, welcome to the happy hour. I'm so excited to be on the happy hour.

I know and what's funny is when I started this show last year, you were like one of my first people that we're going to have on and it hasn't ever worked out and we live in the same city.

I know that's it's so ridiculous. That's so ridiculous. It's so ridiculous. It's so crazy. I've been wanting to have you on for over a year and then we keep playing in it and then it was funny.

Some of your friends, Jenny Jones and Jill Thomas posted on Facebook, like when's Janet going to be on? And so Jenny and Jill, this shows for you really.

It really is. And I mean, they asked for it. And so here we are. You asked for it and you get it. Jenny and Jill, this is your podcast just for you.

Jamie and Janet. Yes, from Jamie and Janet. That's a mouthful right there. Jamie and Janet for Jenny and Jill.

In all reality, Janet, thank you so much for coming on the show just to give everyone a little background. You and I, how long have you lived in Austin this time?

Okay. I've been back in Austin a little over two years. So do we met a little over two years ago? Then when you move back, I think our paths might have crossed one time maybe before you move to Atlanta.

And then we really met like two years ago and great friend and our families love each other. So that can I share kind of like we met.

You can share whatever you want. You're the guest. Go. Okay. So we kind of met when I was headed to Atlanta and you were heading to Austin.

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